The past cannot be changed, the future cannot be known... Today and now we have what we have. And, as they say - "work with what we have". Yes! Today and now gives us something that has an incredibly high price in relation to hundreds of thousands of alternative events that could have happened to you. So be content and make the most of what life is giving you right this minute!
On the other hand, pardon me for this phrase, in "modern realities" the possession, no matter how big or small it may seem, loses its value quite quickly, because very soon you notice, feel, experience something qualitatively different. And maybe even once the desired thing does not justify your "once upon a time" expectations. Ugh! Seriously... everyone wants it, but in reality it's a flop... - you realize only when you get it.
And if I have found the answer to one of the most popular questions: "what is the power?", but the other question, which in a cyclical form of expression, makes me, sometimes, rethink many things, still does not have the only answer that I would have come to in all these years and experience. "And then what?"... is like putting a footstool to every one of your "here's if I had..." or "here's if I...". No! It doesn't work that way, because there will be tomorrow and, going back to the beginning of my thought, it is today and now that we shape the future.
Yes. Today makes our tomorrow. Did you know, when you graduated from university, that you will work according to the terms and rules that your employer tells you, not the clear theory of your lecturer? Did you know that an acquaintance of your acquaintance will have tens of hundreds of thousands of rubles on his card just because he got along with the "right" person, and not with math, Russian and economics? And did Vilfredo Pareto himself know that 80% of success depends only on your position in society, and in particular on the degree of kinship?
Time flies incredibly fast! There is simply no time to live in the past and look back. By analyzing the current situation and deciding to take action, you are knowingly losing the advantageous position of "here and now" and ending up in second place. It is only by acting honestly, in truth and sincerity that you will axiomatically be one step ahead. That is where the power lies... the power is in the truth!